<abstract xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"><p>In the MTO (Make-To-Order) and MTS (Make-To-Stock) mixed production environment, it is important to make an accurate delivery promise on the ordering stage because the customer’s demand with unmatched production capacity is not always satisfied. A quick order promising method for an iron and steel enterprise, based on short-term production capacity balancing planning is proposed in this paper. With the help of this method, ATP (Available-To-Promise) concept is extended to RATP (Resource-Available-To-Promise) and DTP (Delivery-To-Promise) is given while making the resource promise. A heuristic method is developed to match the available resources with the order demand and the actual data testing results have shown that the method proposed can meet the demand of online order promising in a relatively short time.</p></abstract>

In the MTO (Make-To-Order) and MTS (Make-To-Stock) mixed production environment, it is important to make an accurate delivery promise on the ordering stage because the customer’s demand with unmatched production capacity is not always satisfied. A quick order promising method for an iron and steel enterprise, based on short-term production capacity balancing planning is proposed in this paper. With the help of this method, ATP (Available-To-Promise) concept is extended to RATP (Resource-Available-To-Promise) and DTP (Delivery-To-Promise) is given while making the resource promise. A heuristic method is developed to match the available resources with the order demand and the actual data testing results have shown that the method proposed can meet the demand of online order promising in a relatively short time.

An Heuristic Order Promising Method Based on Short-Term Production Capacity Balancing Planning

University of Science & Technology Beijing, National Engineering Research Centre for Advanced Rolling, Beijing, China

Cybernetics and Information Technologies

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In the MTO (Make-To-Order) and MTS (Make-To-Stock) mixed production environment, it is important to make an accurate delivery promise on the ordering stage...

An Heuristic Order Promising Method Based on Short-Term Production Capacity Balancing Planning

Data publikacji: 30 gru 2015

Zakres stron: 147 - 158

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1515/cait-2015-0075

Słowa kluczowe
Order promising, short-term production capacity balancing plan, resource Available-To-Promising (ATP), Delivery Date-To-Promising (DTP), steel plant

© 2015 Z. Lv et al., published by De Gruyter Open

This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 3.0 License.

An Heuristic Order Promising Method Based on Short-Term Production Capacity Balancing Planning

Data publikacji: 30 gru 2015

Zakres stron: 147 - 158

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1515/cait-2015-0075

Słowa kluczoweOrder promising, short-term production capacity balancing plan, resource Available-To-Promising (ATP), Delivery Date-To-Promising (DTP), steel plant

© 2015 Z. Lv et al., published by De Gruyter Open

This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 3.0 License.

Słowa kluczowe
Order promising, short-term production capacity balancing plan, resource Available-To-Promising (ATP), Delivery Date-To-Promising (DTP), steel plant